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Omnity is an interesting tool for content analysis. Sometimes it is called a search engine but as much as I saw there is no automatic search. You have to put in documents or captures selected text from a webpage.

"Discussions on the Internet are hard to analyze, whether it is controversy over the trade agreement TTIP (Transatlantic Treaty and Investment Partnership between Europe and the United States), or the debate on refugees. These conversations sometimes take place over the course of years, and millions of participants may have their say. A new priority program funded by the German Research Foundation is working to shed light on this problem: starting in 2017, researchers from across Germany will work on a search engine for arguments. These technical systems will be designed to analyze, for instance, how groups such as PEGIDA, the far right, anti-Islamic movement, or anti-globalization activists, argue in online discussions. Bielefeld University is leading the program “Ratio” in cooperation with the Jacobs University Bremen, the University of Duisburg-Essen, Leipzig University, and the Bauhaus University Weimar.

The full name of the German Research Foundation’s priority program is “Robust Argumentation Machines” (adaptive, scalable, and error-tolerant argumentation systems). [...]" READ MORE

"How does Google decide which search results to display? Doctoral candidate Anne Schuth developed a new method by which dozens or even hundreds of search algorithms can be compared with each other simultaneously. This means that the best search algorithm can be selected faster than was previously possible. Schuth will obtain his PhD from the UvA on 27 May.A search query can turn up many webpages – often in the millions – with possible answers. Search engines such as Google are continually developing new algorithms to sort through all of those pages. In his research, Anne Schuth focused on developing methods to compare these search algorithms efficiently.Interleaving vs. multileavingOne of the methods currently being used for this purpose is called ‘interleaving’. In this method, two algorithms are compared by displaying their search results alternately in a single list of results intended for the search engine’s user. The user, who is then unable to see where the results came from, merely clicks on the result which gives the preferred answer. With interleaving, it is possible to determine which of the two search algorithms led to the desired answer and thus to conclude which was the better algorithm. By repeating this process with millions of users, a reliable conclusion can be drawn as to the more effective algorithm. [...]" READ MORE

(Enack) A.K.A "the world's Meanest search engine" is an on-going UX experiment to look at how people would respond to and interact with search engine website with unusual and radical user experience and interface design.

Fifteen miles away from where Larry Page and Sergey Brin worked out of their first office developing the technology that would become Google, a team of eleven engineers no older than 20 are hard at work on developing what they hope will be its replacement.

As the world moves farther down the mobile path, the advantages of including images within search results are clear: image results are more easily seen, understood and clickable than traditional organic listings...

From: Fast Company by CHRISTINA FARR (03.03.16):Andy Conrad, who heads up Verily—formerly known as Google Life Sciences—is working with a coalition of academic hospitals, physicians, universities, and patient advocates to bring medical information into one place. He calls it the “Google of human systems biology.”

Search By Site is the easiest way to search and get search results for one site only. Simply select the site you want to search and Search by Site will automatically return search results from that site.

Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black ... We believe that there is value in the concept because even if the energy savings are small, they all add up. Secondly we feel that seeing Blackle every time we load our web browser reminds us that we need to keep taking small steps to save energy.

KidRex is a fun and safe search for kids, by kids! KidRex searches emphasize kid-related webpages from across the entire web and are powered by Google Custom Search™ and use Google SafeSearch™ technology.